“Mai ni meriye, Shimle Di Raahe, Chamba Kitni door”
“O Shimle ni vasna, Kasauli ni vasna, Chambe jaana zarur”
Oh Mother! How far is Chamba from Shimla Side,
I don’t want to settle in Shimla or Kasauli,
Have to go to Chamba only!
Have you heard this Himachali folk song? First time, we heard it, we were absolutely in awe of it and since then; had made up our mind to visit Chamba. On little research we further found that a trip to Chamba can be clubbed with Dalhousie and Khajjiar. So, on my birthday it was the perfect time to make a winter trip to Dalhousie Chamba Khajjiar .
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<p>Dalhousie, a colonial hill station in Northern Himachal Pradesh lies at an altitude 6500 feet above sea level and is a famous tourist spot whereas Chamba lies on the banks of River Ravi at 3300 feet and is an ignored tourist destination. With the similar notions in our head, even we left with a thought of first visiting Dalhousie, then Khajjiar and Chamba. But at times things don’t work according to your plans and you have to choose the paths directed by nature and that is what happened with us.</p>
<h3><strong>How to<br />
Reach Dalhousie & Khajjiar?</strong></h3>
<p>Dalhousie lies 560 Kilometers from Delhi and 313 Kilometers from Chandigarh<strong>.</strong> From Delhi we took a halt at Chandigarh and started next day early at 9:00 am to reach Dalhousie on time.</p>
<p><strong><em>Route from Delhi </em></strong>Delhi<br />
– Panipat- Karnal – kurukshetra – Ambala – Rajpura- Sirhind- Ludhiana –<br />
Phagwara – Dasuya- Pathankot – Dalhuoise – Khajjiar </p>
<p><strong><em>Route from Chandigarh – </em></strong>Chandigarh<br />
– Roopnagar – Garshankar – Dasuya –Pathankot – Dalhousie – Khajjiar</p>
<p>We reached Dalhousie around 4 pm. Roads were covered with slush and had walls of snow on sides whereas some trails were completely laid in white. Trees had specks of snow on them and few cars were covered by 2-3 feet of snow. It clearly seemed the area had received adequate amount of snowfall this year. We went straight to our hotel JK Clarks Exotica, Dalhousie and after relaxing, left for a quick stroll. It was freaking cold, Sun was playing hide and seek behind the clouds. And as it started getting dark, the wind speed and chilliness increased. In minutes, rain too joined the drama and people started running to find the shelter wherever it was possible. We too joined the league and without much delay rushed back to our hotel. Whole night it continued raining and temperature had fallen drastically (Probably -5 or even lesser than that). </p>
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Without stoppage, we directly moved to HPTDC (Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation) Hotel Devdar. What a perfect location they have? The resort directly opens to meadows and our balcony room had a Khajjiar Lake view. It was still snowing and raining, looked 2 feet snow will soon turn to 3 feet.
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<h3><strong>Hotel<br />
Devdar, Khajjiar</strong></h3>
<p>We left our vehicle in between the road, and climbed the stairs to check whether the hotel is operational or not. Manager came out and our fear came true. There was <strong>No water, No electricity</strong> from past 7 days and it was too cold. Met Department had forecasted overnight snow and the roads might get closed for several days. Hotel Manager narrated this and asked us to stroll and play in the snow for an hour and go back to their Chamba guest house in the evening. </p>
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Note: Other good locations to
stay are Forest and PWD Guest House, but you need to have prior booking with
them.
Khajjiar
Meadows
After having tea at hotel, we left for a quick walk. It was serene and magical beyond words. White powder was all we could see around. There we saw leading stairs to reach the Khajjiar meadows and we took them at once.
Our feet were sinking in the snow and looked only few tourists had set their foot on it. Lake was completely frozen from one end and other side looked semi frozen. We wanted to walk along the circular meadow and visit Khajjinag temple but it didn’t look like a perfect time. So, we retired back to our hotel early.
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<p>At night, moon was playing hide and seek with clouds and the snow in the meadows was glowing like a silver sheath. We wanted to take some good night shots but gave up in the freaking cold and started waiting for the next morning. </p>
<p><strong>Also Read: </strong>Our love for Old Manali over New Manali</p>
<p>The next morning was a promising sunny morning. We got ready as active birds to roam in the circular meadows. The entire Dhauladhar range was clearly visible and it was painted in the shades of white and green. </p>
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